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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verbose \Ver*bose"\, a. [L. verbosus from verbum a word See
{Verb}.]
Abounding in words using or containing more words than are
necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words prolix; wordy;
as a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.
Too verbose in their way of speaking. --Ayliffe.
-- {Ver*bose"ly}, adv -- {Ver*bose"ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
verbose
adj : using or containing too many words "long-winded (or windy)
speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional
methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy
editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy
disputes" [syn: {long-winded}, {tedious}, {windy}, {wordy}]
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